Do you need a snowblower in Warsaw, IN?
What clears snow in Warsaw
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Warsaw, about 4.1 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
What a Warsaw winter brings
- Snow a year
- 32 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 33
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 4.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Warsaw
- Nov1.6
- Dec6.6
- Jan10.0
- Feb8.8
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Warsaw
Warsaw is number 17 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia City, IN | 20 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Goshen, IN | 23 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Plymouth, IN | 25 | 55 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wabash, IN | 31 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Huntington, IN | 31 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elkhart, IN | 31 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Snowblowers on a gravel driveway and Single-stage or two-stage.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Warsaw 5SW, 6.3 miles from Warsaw. A normal winter, not this winter's forecast. Snow is weighed at 6.24 pounds a cubic foot, fresh and fairly dry; wet spring snow can weigh three times that.